KMan101

Yeah, Frank needs to leave casting to his, you know, casting director. Instead of stalking the parking lots of other soaps waiting for a hot grab. That's good he can act. I haven't seen him in anything. I never watched Spartacus, lol. He's very attractive. I could almost get past Scott's EJ. We shall see how the writing is.

Exactly. How quick until it becomes about Adam? (I really love Grossman as Adam but talk about freakin' overkill). Or are they going to toss Nikki a bone. Is she gonna kill someone else? LOL

Completely agreed with you. Absolutely. You could see the 'writing on the wall'. Bev sure did. LOL.

I saw on social media that Suzanne is back filming, supposedly. So I guess we see her again in the summer.

What an upgrade! Thank God it wasn't Daniel Goddard. Yuck.

I have very little faith. If they were written well and on enough I'd tune in again. I have no hope for that. Griffith sucks.

THIS. JFP loves her some bland leading women. You summed it up well. I've often wondered about different actresses in the role. I think Marj frustrates me as Alex because I believe she could have played that role but the writing wasn't there and like even she said, she didn't really elevate herself above the material. She played it exasperated and over the top. I loved her as Vanessa on AMC. I've only seen bits of her on Capitol. I've seen her in many other things and believe she was more than capable of playing the layered Alex I would have wanted to see. But even with Bev in the role, the writing was declining and you can see her do her best with the material. God she was brilliant.

There's tons of potential there. I think we're probably close to having that teen scene. I don't trust Griffith though. Why is this man still employed? CBS has to want these soaps dead.

Yeah that's true. Julie was very involved with Kellam and Josh and then it switched to Marlena. Always nice to dream "what could have been" lol

Glad to see they cast him. I don't trust Griffith however. It's nice to see Amanda get a family even though they aren't being written for ...

Would have been interesting had Stefano been involved with Steve, considering he had eyes ("plans for her") on Julie when he first came to Salem. I wish they had done more with Stefano/Julie/Doug (obviously headwriters changed so I get it but still; missed opportunity for sure, though Mickey and Maggie got what Doug/Julie should have). I love the supercouple era, but I really would love to see what PFS could have done longer term (I see why long-term fans might have been turned off; it's very different). I also liked Diane Sommerfield as Valerie. PFS seemed to bring all the right people back but they were all dumped two/three years later. Also was a mistake to kill off Renee.

That's how I feel. Who wanted Mick and Linda back at the Pub? Honestly I would write them out at this point. It seems like a way to keep them around. I know Mick has his own story going on but I don't think anyone cares. Why did they chop down on the amount of the episodes? That's a big cut. But maybe it makes for a tighter show? I can see that (the bold). It reminds me so much of when the US soaps hit that point. It's sad. I'd argue they're still at that point. Aimless. Things happen but does it really matter? I'm not always current and watching everything but I do try and keep up. It's interesting watching the reruns on my local PBS when I can. It's before the show turns really ugly. Little Ben (and little Jay) was adorable and hadn't murdered Heather and Shirley was layered and interesting. This was right before I started getting into the show. Not the best time to pick of course but what can you do?

Johnny? And I posted this in the news thread about her leaving but I'll repost it here. I'm sorry Lind is leaving. She's really come into her own as she gets older and I was hoping they'd let her continue to grow in the role. But I also understand Lind is in demand and would leave at any chance for a lead role elsewhere, so ... I get it.

I'm sorry Lind is leaving. She's really come into her own as she gets older and I was hoping they'd let her continue to grow in the role. But I also understand Lind is in demand and would leave at any chance for a lead role elsewhere, so ... I get it.

That scene was really bad. I think Marj could have played a better Alex. The writing wasn't there and she didn't always elevate it either. THIS You can see the show falling by this point

Right? Lord. I'd stop watching. This. LOL. I'd take him. If only.

I see social media getting all palpitated over the show. It still feels Griffith is just pulling stuff out of his you know what. LOL. It would be nice to see the show turn a corner and become interesting.

No lies here. Just put it out of it's misery. It may get an initial boost but it will fade.

I'm with you both as well and I think he does agree. I will say it was done well but having the lead heroine fall in love with her rapist is not good optics. I have mixed feelings on Luke and Laura. There are times I enjoyed them but their marriage was always destined to implode. I just wish it was all (the "end" of them) handled better by good writers. It kinda became all about shaming Laura, first with Nikolas and then because she fell in love with her rapist. Yikes. I always loathed Geary's lack of defense of Genie/Laura and his ego during the Phelps years, and likely with Monty as Bill Eckert was stroking his ego. I don't really miss him. I think Geary did have the right idea about Luke becoming a loser and pathetic mess (which is why his relationship with Tracy never worked for me). He was. It just wasn't fun or interesting to watch. Labine had the right idea with L&L but it was never going to work.

Yeah they definitely should have done that in 2014. Like Serena should have been Sarah. Xander should have been EJ. I'd also argue Aidan should have been a recast Mike Horton but I live in a different world lol

lol

lol Thaao has loose lips it's hilarious

UGH. Just off the character and be done with it. This at least better lead to Johnny being cast. He's clearly a daddy's boy lol.

Yeah it would. I'd appreciate that twist.